The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Chapter  755 of 2022 (AB  1686, Bryan) requires DSS to update regulations to instruct local child welfare agencies, in making the determination of whether it is in the best interests of the child to refer a case to the LCSA, to presume that the payment of support by the parent “is likely to ” pose a barrier to FR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

The 2024-25 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 23, 2024 - The 2020 ‑21 budget included $11  million in ongoing funding from the TCTF to reflect the additional amount of revenue available to support the program after Chapter  217 of 2019 (AB  330, Gabriel) increased the amount of certain post-judgement civil filing fees that are available to support the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4848

The 2024-25 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 20, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan $250 $3,510 GGRF = Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund; AB 617 = Assembly Bill 617 Community Air Protection Program; CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV  =  zero ‑emission vehicle; CEC  =  California Energy Commission; and CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4847

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Called on residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 15 percent (relative to 2020 levels) in summer 2021. 2022 Chapter 679 (SB 1157, Hertzberg) Made amendments to AB 1668, including tightening indoor residential water use standards used in water use objectives. 2023 Chapter 849 (AB 1572, Friedman) Prohibits use of potable water to irrigate nonfunctional turf on CII landscapes, phasing in the prohibition from 2027 to 2031.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

Child Care Budget [EdBudget]

Dec 20, 2023 - Child Care Budget [EdBudget] a Reflects 2022-23 May Revision estimates with LAO adjustments. b Reflects 2023-24 May Revision estimates with LAO adjustments. c Reflects 2023-24 Budget Act estimates with LAO adjustments. d Does not include $11.1 million provided to community colleges for certain child care services. e Includes family child care home education networks. f Includes cost estimates for
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/799

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update: November 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2023 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. Preliminary Total for Third Quarter of 2023: $157 Million. The administration currently estimates that retail excise tax revenue was $157 million in the third quarter of calendar year 2023 (July through September).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/790

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update: November 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2023 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. Preliminary Total for Third Quarter of 2023: $157 Million. The administration currently estimates that retail excise tax revenue was $157 million in the third quarter of calendar year 2023 (July through September).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/790

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - The Governor ’s authority to certify these projects for expedited review expires on January 1, 2032. Chapter  60 appropriates $1  million from the General Fund on a one-time basis in 2023-24 to the Judicial Council for training in order to implement these changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Chapter  402 of 2022 (AB  1051, Bennett) changes the requirements around presumptive transfer of responsibility for specialty mental health service provision for foster youth placed in congregate care settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/4

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - The 2023-24 spending plan includes $1.3  million General Fund ongoing to support eight new positions to implement Chapter  381 of 2022 (AB  2119, Flora), which requires medical foster homes authorized by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (USDVA) to be licensed as state medical foster homes for veterans by CCL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8